Clip-on hair pin tray



N. MOORE CLIP-0N HAIR PIN TRAY Filed Sept. 3, 1954 Jan. 13, 1959 VINVENTOR MORE 724W W ,2 19mm ATTORNEY} United States Patent O CLIP-NHAIR PIN TRAY Nada Moore, Bessemer, Pa.

Application September 3, 1954, Serial No. 453,984

1 Claim. (Cl. 24-253) This invention relates to a hair pin tray adaptedto be attached to ones garment.

Beauty operators, while pinning up hair, find it necesand time consumingthe operation of pinning up ones hair.

In view of the difficulties which have heretofore existed, the presentinvention aims to provide a hair pin tray that can be clipped to onesdress or other garment, at a location found most convenient for theparticular user, whereby to permit the operator to have the hair pinsmaintained in a highly convenient, readily accessible location.

A further object of the invention is to provide a hair pin tray asdescribed which, due to its adaptability for connection to ones garment,will not only facilitate the pinning of the hair, but also, willeliminate the annoying occurrences which have heretofore been broughtabout when hair pins are maintained in loose boxes on the premises, asfor example, the upsetting of a box, etc.

Yet another object is to provide, in a device of the type referred to,an improved clip means that will be particularly adapted to be connectedto ones garment, without danger of damaging the garment, said clip meansbeing so designed as to facilitate its swift attachment to or detachmentfrom the garment.

Still another object is to provide, in the hair pin tray, means forconveniently supporting the comb above the quantity of pins contained inthe tray, with said comb being so supported as to be capable of beingreadily grasped and removed Whenever the same is needed.

Yet another object is to provide a'device of the type stated which willbe particularly characterized by its adaptability for being suspendeddirectly against the garment of the user, this object being achievedthrough the provision of a flexible connection between thegarment-engaging clip and one side wall of the hair pin receptacle.

Other objects will appear from the following description, the claimsappended thereto, and from the annexed drawing, in which like referencecharacters designate like parts throughout the several views, andwherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a clip-on hair pin tray formed inaccordance with the present invention, a comb being shown in dottedoutline supported in the y;

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view on line 22 of Figure 1 in whichthe dotted lines show the clip in released position; and

2,867,882 Fatented Jan. 13, 1959 Figure 3 is an elevational view of theclip means, as seen from the line 33 of Figure 2.

The illustrated device comprises an open topped, rectangular receptacleor tray 10, having a fiat bottom wall and havingupstanding,substantially deepside walls and end walls. The receptacle may be formedof molded plastic or the like, although the choice of materials is notcritical to the invention. In the receptacle there is adapted to bedeposited a quantity of hair pins, not shown, so that said hair pinswill be conveniently accessible to the beauty operator.

In the ends of the receptacle, adjacent the back wall thereof there areformed deep V-shaped notches- 12. These are aligned longitudinally ofthe receptacle, and are adapted to receive the end portions of aconventional comb 14. The comb is thus conveniently supported above thecontents of the receptacle, with the end'portions projecting beyond theends of the receptacle in a manner as to facilitate grasping of the combwhen the same is to be used. I

Connected'at their lower ends to the back wall of the receptacle, andspaced apart longitudinally of said back wall, are beaded chains 16. Attheir upper ends, the chains16 are similarly connected to the outerlongitudinal edge-of an elongated, flat, rectangular lower clip plate18. Plate 18-is disposed below an upper clip plate 20.

Clip plate 20 is formed similarly to plate 18, the plates lying inangularly related planes, said planes diverging in the direction of theouter longitudinal edges of'the clip plates as best shown in Figure 2. I

Formed in the clip plates,-adjacent the outer longitudinal edgesthereof, are teeth 22, 24 respectively. The teeth 22, as shown in Figure2, are struck upwardly out of the material of the lower clip plate 18,and extend obliquely to the plane of the clip plate 18. Teeth 22 arearranged in a straight row, with each tooth being relatively narrow andhaving a blunt free end. Teeth 24 are also arranged in a straight row,the teeth 24 being struck downwardly out of the material of the upperclip plate 20. Teeth 24 alternate with the teeth 22 longitudinally ofthe clip plates, with the teeth 24 being spaced away from the teeth 22at opposite sides thereof a distance substantially equal to the widthsof the teeth (see Figure 3).

Integrally. formed upon the midlength portions of the clip plates 18,20, upon the back edges of said clip plates, are flat handles 26, 28respectively, disposed at obtuse angles to the planes of theirassociated clip plates. The handles 26, 28 are thus extended indiverging relation rearwardly from the clip plates, at acute angles toone another. Upstanding ears 30 formed upon the opposite side edges ofthe handle 26 are adapted to engage against the inner surfaces ofdepending ears 32 formed upon the opposite side edges of the handle 28.The contacting ears have registering openings, with said openings beingaligned transversely of the handle assembly defined by the members 26,28. A pivot or hinge pin 34 is extended through the registeringopenings, and circurnposed about said pin is a coil spring 36 theopposite ends of which bear against the handles 26, 28 respectively,said springs being so tensioned as to normally urge the handles apart,thus to normally bias the clip plates 18, 20 toward one another to thefull line position shown in Figure 2.

In use of the device, and assuming it is desired to attach the tray toones garment, it is merely necessary that the handles 26, 28 be grippedand pressed toward one another, to the dotted line position shown inFigure 2. This spreads the clip plates 18, 20, so that a portion of agarment may be entered between the teeth 22 of plate 18 and the teeth 24of the plate 20. Release of the handles will now cause said teeth toengage the garment, so as to securely attach the device to the garment.Since the iree'ends of the teeth, additionally, serve to prevent tearingor puncturing of the garment.

When the device is attached in the manner referred to,

the receptacle 10 will be suspended by the chains 16 from the clip,against the front of the Wearers dress, so as to hold the quantity ofhair pins at a convenient location, while at the same time holding thecomb where it can be readily grasped for use.

It is'believed apparent that the invention is not necessarily confinedto the specific use or uses thereof described above, since it may beutilized for any purpose that the invention comprehends any minor changein construction that may be permitted within thescope of the appendedclaim.

3 What is claimed is:

In a clip for securing an article to a garment, elongated upper andlower flat plates in coextensive and superimposed relation, said plateshaving first and second longitudinal edges, handle portions projectingfrom said first edges intermediate the ends thereof, means on theintermediate portions of the handle portions hingedly connecting theplates together for movement about an axis parallel to their lengths andyieldably urging the I '4- plates to close toward each other, said platehaving facing sides, and longitudinal rows of teeth struck out of saidplates adjacent said second longitudinal edges so as to extend towardeach other from the facing sides of the plates, said handle portionsbeing angulated relative to the plates and having inner ends arranged toengage each other at said first longitudinal edges in the closedposition of the plates so as to limit closure of said plates topositions thereof wherein said facing sides diverge from said engaginginner ends of the handle portions, said teeth being spaced from eachother in the rows, and the teeth of the several plates beingstaggered;relative to each other, with the teeth of one rowbeing'positioned to engagebetweenteethof the other row, the teeth of thetwo rows having free ends arranged to be stopped in spaced relation tothe facing sides of the plates by the engagement of the inner ends ofthe handle portions.

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